Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN On the Road.
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We're live today
in Salem, Oregon.
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We've been
having a wonderful time.
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Haven't we,
folks, all weekend? Amen.
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We've been
having a wonderful time.
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The spirit of the Lord
is indeed in this place.
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If you're just joining
us, thank you for allowing us
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to come into your home as
you do each and every day.
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We've had a wonderful
Sabbath last night and today.
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And what I'd like
to do to begin with,
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I'd like to also say
thank you to all of you here
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that's coming and over on
this side that's out here,
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our live audience today.
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But I'm especially
happy to see the pastor,
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senior pastor of
this church, Brother Parks
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and he has his
family with him today.
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And you all are,
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we've asked you to
sing a couple songs for us.
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Why don't you
introduce your family?
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Minister to us,
it's your church.
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We're going to let you
step as long as you want to,
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you are the boss here.
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But you all sing, and
introduce your family,
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and bless us with your music.
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Thank you very much,
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it's nice to be
here in our own church.
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Actually, thank
you for redecorating,
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I like it. It's very nice.
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I like to
introduce my wife, Shelly,
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she's the best thing that
ever dropped into my life.
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She fell off of the
waterfall and I caught her
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and saved her life and
then she owed her life to me.
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So she did, she gave it to me.
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And her name is Shelly,
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and this is my oldest, Zachary.
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And we thought
we had a lot to say
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about parenting
until we had him.
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And, but now he's
slowly teaching us
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and we're learning.
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Ariana is our second in line
and she is our box specialist,
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she plays the piano beautifully.
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And Emily Ann is five
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and she actually
rules the roost right now.
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She's at that
stage where they act like
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they really don't know quite
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what you're
saying in the commands
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and so they can
say whatever they want,
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and do whatever they want.
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So if she sings
with us, we're excited,
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and if she
doesn't, we're excited too.
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Psalms 56:3-4 says,
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"When I am afraid
I will trust in You."
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And for whatever
you're going through right now
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this is the promise,
that when I am afraid,
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we can trust in God.
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He will not
harm us. He loves us.
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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In God whose word I praise
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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In God whose word I praise
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In God I trust
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When I am afraid
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In God I trust
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In God whose word I praise
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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I will trust in you
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When I am afraid
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I will trust in you
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In God whose word I praise
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Amen. Amen.
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Emily Ann, that was
beautiful, and the rest of you.
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Yeah, we want to
thank her for singing.
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Thank you, Emily Ann.
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In life there will come
a time when fear is gone,
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and we can quit,
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we can put down
our sword and shield,
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we can quit fighting the battle.
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Because the great
controversy will be over,
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because Jesus has
done the work already.
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Amen to that. Amen.
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Going to lay down
my sword and shield.
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Gonna lay down
my sword and shield
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna lay down
my sword and shield
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Gonna lay down my burden
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Down by the riverside
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Amen. Thank you.
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Beautiful.
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I love it.
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You all can come back to
3ABN and sing anytime you want.
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In fact, this is
an open invitation
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for you to come
back not only to sing,
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pastor, but preach.
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We love to have you back there.
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Your church has told us
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what a good preacher you
are and we believe it for sure.
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Isn't that great
to see young people
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and singing for Jesus?
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Now they did such
a great, great job.
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Well, speaking of
another young man,
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well, he's young to me,
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and I'd like to introduce
to you Brother Jamie Jorge.
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How many of you
have seen Jamie on 3ABN?
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All right, how many of you
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are blessed by his
ministry and music?
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Okay, Brother Jamie,
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you have a lot
of supporters here.
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We want you to take
your time to minister,
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to preach, to
sing if you choose.
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You said no earlier, just play,
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but if you choose to
sing, we'll try out on one song
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and then we'll let
you know about the rest
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but we know that
we love your talent
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and you have given
your talents to God,
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and you have an incredible gift.
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And we're glad that
you're working at it,
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we're glad that we know
you're out on the front lines,
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and we're going to
continue to pray for you,
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and uphold you as you go out
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on the
battlefields for the Lord.
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Thank you and God bless
you and your ministering to us.
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I believe that only
when we get to heaven
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will we come to understand
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a little bit
better God's love for us
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in sending Jesus to die for us
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because it was a great deal
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that he did for us.
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And If he did so, why
not take the opportunity
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to accept that
gift to salvation.
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About a year ago
or so we had a movie
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that became very well known,
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that came out about
the crucifixion of Jesus.
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And it made a
lot of waves in many,
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many different circles
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and it did an amazing job
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at concentrating on
the physical punishment
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and beating that Jesus took.
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But the movie missed the point.
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Because we are told
that what caused Jesus'
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greatest suffering was the fact
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that He was being
separated from His Father
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by the sins of the world.
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And not to downplay
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what He went through physically
through that suffering
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but that apparently
was nothing compared
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to this emotional
anguish that He went through.
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And so when we say that,
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ah, it's no big
deal if we do this,
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or no big deal if we do that.
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It hurts Jesus when people sin,
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that's what cost Him His life.
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And this next song that
I want to share with you
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asks us the
question if we were there.
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And of course,
none of us alive today
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were at the crucifixion.
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But for those that sin,
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we may as well have been there
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because it's those
sins that crucified Him.
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Yet, he was
victorious over the cross,
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He was victorious over sin,
and over death, and over Satan.
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And because of that,
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we have the assurance
of the gift of salvation.
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He was crucified, He was nailed,
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but He rose.
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This spiritual is
titled "Were you there."
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Thank you, Jamie. Beautiful.
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Just the way I
taught him, just the way.
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Not really, I'm just kidding.
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I'm standing next to
Micki, with Micki McDowell.
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Let me get your
microphone real close up here.
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Okay.
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All right. You're
not nervous, are you?
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Yes.
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No, you're not
nervous. All right.
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Lord, help this young
lady not to be nervous
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because she's
just standing up doing
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what You've called her to do,
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to be a witness
unto all the world.
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Tell me a little
bit about yourself,
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okay, your background.
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Where you raised
in a Christian home?
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No, I was raised in...
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You put this
real close like this.
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Raised in Southeastern Alaska,
on a small Indian village.
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Really?
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Yeah? I came to
Salem when I was 12.
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Okay, you have
a beautiful smile,
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you look like
everything in your life
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just been a barrel of
fun and a bed of roses,
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probably nothing bad
ever happened to you.
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How am I doing?
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Not now, things are great now.
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Yeah, things are great now.
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You've gone
through a lot of things.
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Tell me what happened.
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Talk to me for a little
bit just about your son.
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My son?
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I have my 10 year old boy,
he's resting with the Lord,
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it will be four
years in a couple days.
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We found out a year
before he passed away
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that he had a
incurable bone marrow disease
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and he had two
bone marrow transplants
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at Doernbecher Hospital.
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And he loved the Lord, you know.
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He loved the Lord.
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He knew he was
going to pass away
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and he was okay with it.
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And I look forward
to seeing him again.
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Okay, so you had
a lot of questions
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about where he was when he died?
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I did. I did, I really,
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I actually
taught my other children
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and I taught him that he
would go straight to heaven,
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because that's what I thought.
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And you know,
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he knew that he couldn't
come back and talk to us,
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you know, because
it's not in the word
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that he could.
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But, you know, I
thought he went to heaven.
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And as I began watching 3ABN,
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I started seeing that you know,
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the word doesn't say that.
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Well, how did you watch 3ABN?
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How did you get the system?
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I get it on the satellite,
Three Angels' Satellite dish.
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Okay. You have a
dish, and so you decided,
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I think you told me
before that you had cable
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but you want to shut it
off, that you were tired of.
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It's horrible.
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Okay. Yeah.
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Regular cable television,
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but you heard of the
system called Sky Angel,
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and you wanted to purchase that?
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Yes.
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Well, there's a lot of channels
but then for some reason
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you started
centering in on 3ABN, why?
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I always, you know,
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and now I don't even change
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to the any of
the other channels.
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It's just I was,
I was brought to it
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what I heard was good,
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you know, it
was the word of God,
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I stood with the word, It
wasn't about worldly things.
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It was about God.
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Okay, who were
some of the first people
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that you started watching?
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I am going to blank now.
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Steve, you told
me. That's right?
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Yes. Steve Wohlberg was
the one person where I learned.
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The guy that we
had last night here.
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Last night, that was,
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it was just
incredible that he was here
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because I never
imagined I would meet him.
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I learned so much truth
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from watching him in
his seminars, you know.
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I got the Three Angel Message
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about jewelry
and about, you know,
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the Sabbath especially,
and just about the truth.
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I didn't know
any of those things
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and it was
awesome to have him here.
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Were you praying for truth?
00:23:47.36\00:23:48.79
Yes.
00:23:48.82\00:23:50.19
Okay, you were
asking God for truth
00:23:50.23\00:23:52.29
and you started watching 3ABN,
00:23:52.33\00:23:53.96
you believe that that was truth.
00:23:54.00\00:23:56.56
What about when
they began to preach
00:23:56.60\00:23:58.63
on what happens
to you when you die?
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.30
I mean, that's your's feeling
that your son's in heaven
00:24:00.34\00:24:03.30
but all of the sudden
00:24:03.34\00:24:04.71
it sounds like
that these preachers
00:24:04.74\00:24:06.47
are saying your son
and those that die are just
00:24:06.51\00:24:09.08
resting in the Lord,
00:24:09.11\00:24:10.68
waiting for the second
coming, how did that impact you?
00:24:10.71\00:24:14.32
At first, it was very confusing
00:24:14.35\00:24:16.28
and when I would
go to the pastors
00:24:16.32\00:24:17.82
I know that they
never had the right answers
00:24:17.85\00:24:20.46
until I spent
time watching the 3ABN
00:24:20.49\00:24:23.79
and getting in the word.
00:24:23.83\00:24:25.29
And now I have such peace in it.
00:24:25.33\00:24:28.93
You know, I know that
he'll meet me in the sky
00:24:28.96\00:24:30.83
when Jesus comes and--
00:24:30.87\00:24:32.77
All right.
00:24:32.80\00:24:34.14
Now are you a baptized
member of the Adventist Church?
00:24:34.17\00:24:37.87
I was going to be
baptized today but the Lord...
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.68
What happened?
00:24:40.71\00:24:42.04
I think 3ABN came to town.
00:24:42.08\00:24:43.41
Oh, that's what happen, 3ABN.
00:24:43.45\00:24:46.28
Well, we don't want to
stand in a way of a baptism.
00:24:46.31\00:24:48.62
Is there any water
around her, we could
00:24:48.65\00:24:49.98
Oh, no.
00:24:50.02\00:24:51.35
Maybe we could and so,
00:24:51.39\00:24:53.86
so you're putting it off,
00:24:53.89\00:24:55.22
you'll be baptize
in next few weeks.
00:24:55.26\00:24:57.86
On the 30th,
I'll be baptized, yes.
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.56
All right. Can you all say amen?
00:24:59.59\00:25:01.43
Amen.
00:25:01.46\00:25:03.67
Okay. You're doing a great job.
00:25:03.70\00:25:06.40
All right, see, Jesus says,
00:25:06.43\00:25:08.44
go and tell what
I've done for you.
00:25:08.47\00:25:10.41
So you're already an evangelist
00:25:10.44\00:25:11.91
because now
you're learning truth
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.04
and all you're
doing is telling people
00:25:14.08\00:25:15.58
what Jesus has done for you.
00:25:15.61\00:25:16.95
So becoming, joining
God's family has made
00:25:16.98\00:25:21.08
a big difference in
your life, hasn't it?
00:25:21.12\00:25:22.45
Yes, it has.
00:25:22.48\00:25:23.82
You said you're happy now. Yes.
00:25:23.85\00:25:25.19
You wasn't always happy before?
00:25:25.22\00:25:26.55
Not at all.
00:25:26.59\00:25:27.92
Lot of questions
that you had about now
00:25:27.96\00:25:29.29
and the afterlife
has been answered.
00:25:29.32\00:25:32.16
You feel at peace about it?
00:25:32.19\00:25:33.53
I do. You do.
00:25:33.56\00:25:34.90
And I'm excited.
00:25:34.93\00:25:36.26
I ask God to do this
00:25:36.30\00:25:37.63
and well, it
happened very quick.
00:25:37.67\00:25:39.87
He's a good God.
00:25:39.90\00:25:41.24
He answers all of our prayers,
He supplies all of our needs.
00:25:41.27\00:25:45.27
And I see that in
you, I see something,
00:25:45.31\00:25:47.04
a beautiful smile that
only comes from someone
00:25:47.08\00:25:49.58
knowing Jesus and
experiencing that relationship.
00:25:49.61\00:25:52.28
I want to do
something special with you,
00:25:52.31\00:25:54.18
I want to pray and I want to ask
00:25:54.22\00:25:55.55
all of our viewers to pray,
00:25:55.58\00:25:57.09
and I am going to ask the
church family here to pray.
00:25:57.12\00:25:59.79
Because Satan is not
through with any of us,
00:25:59.82\00:26:02.12
he's out to steal, kill,
00:26:02.16\00:26:03.49
and to destroy but we have
to understand that Jesus says,
00:26:03.53\00:26:06.03
He's come to give us life
and give it more abundantly.
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.90
And so what I want to,
00:26:08.93\00:26:11.07
the church to agree
with you is that the Lord
00:26:11.10\00:26:13.67
would put a protective
hedge about you and your family.
00:26:13.70\00:26:17.17
And no matter
what Satan tries to do,
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.01
you can look at him
and basically laugh at him
00:26:19.04\00:26:21.04
and say, forget it,
I don't belong to you,
00:26:21.08\00:26:23.31
I belong to God, right?
00:26:23.35\00:26:24.68
Right.
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.05
And so that you'll stay
safely in the arms of Jesus.
00:26:26.08\00:26:28.68
You'll continue
to read your Bible,
00:26:28.72\00:26:31.09
to watch 3ABN, to go to church,
00:26:31.12\00:26:33.36
and then most importantly,
00:26:33.39\00:26:34.72
to share with your
friends and neighbors.
00:26:34.76\00:26:36.86
Go and tell what
God has done for you.
00:26:36.89\00:26:39.26
The favor is on the go.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.06
So now as you begin
to witness to others,
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.53
that will be the greatest impact
00:26:43.57\00:26:45.30
that on some people
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.34
that it's not what they
read, it's not what they hear.
00:26:47.37\00:26:49.84
But knowing you and
seeing the change in your life,
00:26:49.87\00:26:53.04
people are going
to say, I wonder,
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
I wonder what has Micki got,
00:26:54.44\00:26:56.18
I want whatever she has.
00:26:56.21\00:26:57.55
And of course, what
they're seeing is you
00:26:57.58\00:26:58.95
as Jesus being lifted up.
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.95
And you remember Jesus says,
00:27:00.98\00:27:02.32
"I if I be
lifted up from the earth
00:27:02.35\00:27:04.22
will draw all men unto me."
00:27:04.25\00:27:06.22
Micki, God bless you.
00:27:06.25\00:27:07.59
I want to say special
prayer and I am going to ask
00:27:07.62\00:27:08.96
our viewers at home to pray.
00:27:08.99\00:27:10.59
Dear Father, we thank You
00:27:10.63\00:27:11.96
for Micki for her love for You,
00:27:11.99\00:27:14.30
for the beautiful
smile that You have placed
00:27:14.33\00:27:17.37
within her heart
so that she can smile
00:27:17.40\00:27:19.87
with the world
because she has found answers
00:27:19.90\00:27:21.84
that she's been
looking for, for so many years.
00:27:21.87\00:27:24.54
We thank You for Your
Bible, for Your truths,
00:27:24.57\00:27:26.98
we thank You that
you have allowed 3ABN
00:27:27.01\00:27:29.88
to reach out to
people just like Micki
00:27:29.91\00:27:31.95
all around the world,
people that are looking
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.42
for answers to this world's
00:27:34.45\00:27:35.78
problems not only day
today but for tomorrow.
00:27:35.82\00:27:38.75
Thank You that most of all
that she has found Jesus Christ
00:27:38.79\00:27:42.12
as Lord and Savior of her life.
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.83
Lord, we thank you for
the opportunity of ministry
00:27:44.86\00:27:47.06
and now we just pray a
protective hedge about Micki
00:27:47.10\00:27:49.83
that no matter what Satan
tries to do to discourage her,
00:27:49.86\00:27:53.54
to get her to change her
mind about being baptized,
00:27:53.57\00:27:56.34
to get her to look,
00:27:56.37\00:27:58.41
focus on other
things of this world.
00:27:58.44\00:28:00.71
We just pray that
as she looks to You,
00:28:00.74\00:28:02.38
the things of earth
will grow strangely dim
00:28:02.41\00:28:05.08
in the light of Your
glory and Your grace.
00:28:05.11\00:28:07.68
Thank You for
hearing, for answering prayers.
00:28:07.72\00:28:10.39
Amen. Amen. Thank you.
00:28:10.42\00:28:11.75
All right. Anything else
you want to say to the folk?
00:28:11.79\00:28:14.72
No.
00:28:14.76\00:28:16.19
All right, you okay?
00:28:16.22\00:28:17.56
I am okay. All
right. God bless you.
00:28:17.59\00:28:18.93
Thanks so much. Okay.
00:28:18.96\00:28:20.30
She did great,
didn't she? All right.
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.43
You can please be
seated. Thank you.
00:28:22.46\00:28:24.63
Thank you.
00:28:24.67\00:28:26.00
Hey, now that's what I call fun.
00:28:28.44\00:28:30.01
How about you? That's fun.
00:28:30.04\00:28:31.37
I'd love to go to places
00:28:31.41\00:28:33.44
and hear
testimonies of what God is doing
00:28:33.48\00:28:35.88
in the lives of people.
00:28:35.91\00:28:39.01
Where we travel,
people come up and say,
00:28:39.05\00:28:41.25
I've been watching 3ABN,
00:28:41.28\00:28:42.78
for some people say,
I've never joined a church,
00:28:42.82\00:28:45.32
I've never even set
foot in an Adventist church,
00:28:45.35\00:28:47.46
but when we come
to certain areas,
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.19
since they watch 3ABN,
they'll show up at church
00:28:49.22\00:28:52.06
and we get to meet them
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43
and introduce them to
the church family here.
00:28:53.46\00:28:55.76
Next, I'd like to
introduce my daughter Melody,
00:28:55.80\00:28:57.77
my brother Tommy.
00:28:57.80\00:28:59.13
And, Melody, you
gonna be doing at least
00:28:59.17\00:29:00.50
a couple songs for us, okay.
00:29:00.54\00:29:01.87
Desperately she pushed her way
00:29:17.12\00:29:23.22
Through the crowd
00:29:23.26\00:29:26.56
They were crushing her now,
00:29:26.59\00:29:30.43
They were crying aloud
00:29:30.47\00:29:34.84
But she didn't care
00:29:34.87\00:29:38.51
It was her only hope
00:29:38.54\00:29:44.95
This was an issue of life
00:29:44.98\00:29:48.55
And she could no longer cope
00:29:48.58\00:29:53.62
If she'd ever be healed,
00:29:53.66\00:29:58.29
If she'd ever be whole
00:29:58.33\00:30:02.53
Then he was the one
00:30:02.56\00:30:06.53
And she knew in her soul
00:30:06.57\00:30:11.81
She had to touch him
00:30:11.84\00:30:15.94
Oh she said I can touch him
00:30:15.98\00:30:22.72
He's here within my reach
00:30:22.75\00:30:26.76
I can touch him
00:30:26.79\00:30:31.06
Oh I feel the healing flow
00:30:31.09\00:30:36.16
My faith has made me whole
00:30:36.20\00:30:41.70
It is Jesus and I can touch him
00:30:41.74\00:30:49.51
There comes a time
00:30:55.58\00:30:58.75
When you give all you can give
00:30:58.79\00:31:04.79
You've exhausted your mind
00:31:04.83\00:31:08.46
You don't think
00:31:08.50\00:31:10.93
You can live
00:31:10.97\00:31:13.84
Tormented by fear
00:31:13.87\00:31:17.67
You face the unknown
00:31:17.71\00:31:23.31
People are there
00:31:23.35\00:31:26.05
Yet you feel all alone
00:31:26.08\00:31:31.69
Then you reach out in faith
00:31:31.72\00:31:36.16
And confess once again
00:31:36.19\00:31:41.03
Jesus is here
00:31:41.06\00:31:44.73
And there's healing in him.
00:31:44.77\00:31:49.94
You can touch him
00:31:49.97\00:31:54.94
You can touch him
00:31:54.98\00:32:01.62
He is here within your reach
00:32:01.65\00:32:05.79
You can touch him
00:32:05.82\00:32:10.06
Oh just feel the healing flow
00:32:10.09\00:32:15.06
Your faith will make you whole
00:32:15.10\00:32:20.40
It is Jesus
00:32:20.44\00:32:23.64
and you can touch him
00:32:23.67\00:32:28.01
We can touch him
00:32:31.38\00:32:38.15
He is here within our reach
00:32:38.19\00:32:42.42
We can touch him
00:32:42.46\00:32:46.80
Oh, just feel the healing flow
00:32:46.83\00:32:51.97
Your faith will make you whole
00:32:52.00\00:32:57.71
It is Jesus
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.94
And we can touch him
00:33:00.98\00:33:05.71
It is Jesus
00:33:05.75\00:33:11.12
It is Jesus
00:33:11.15\00:33:17.13
And we can touch him
00:33:17.16\00:33:24.60
This next song I
wasn't planning on doing
00:33:31.31\00:33:33.58
but I had a request
from Karen Firestone.
00:33:33.61\00:33:37.08
And it's entitled
"I Know The Plans,"
00:33:37.11\00:33:39.75
it's the song that Dave Layman
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.18
and I wrote based
on Jeremiah 29:11.
00:33:41.22\00:33:45.59
Are you going
to sing it with me?
00:33:45.62\00:33:48.59
He said, should he?
00:33:48.62\00:33:49.96
I know it may seem hopeless
00:34:09.04\00:34:12.61
The darkness closes in
00:34:12.65\00:34:15.98
You're tired and you're weary
00:34:16.02\00:34:19.25
As you look at where you've been
00:34:19.29\00:34:23.16
You can't see beyond the present
00:34:23.19\00:34:26.29
When you're looking at the past
00:34:26.33\00:34:29.70
You thought things
would turn out differently
00:34:29.73\00:34:33.34
Then you hear God say at last
00:34:33.37\00:34:37.64
I know the plans I have for you
00:34:37.67\00:34:44.71
And they are
plans to prosper you
00:34:44.75\00:34:51.89
To give you hope and a future
00:34:51.92\00:34:56.22
Lead you on life's journey
00:34:56.26\00:34:59.79
Call on me and I
will see you through
00:34:59.83\00:35:05.43
I know the plans I have for you
00:35:05.47\00:35:12.67
The rocks and
cliffs may leave some scars
00:35:17.11\00:35:20.52
You thought too deep to heal
00:35:20.55\00:35:24.22
You're desperate
and you're broken
00:35:24.25\00:35:27.49
And life seems all too real.
00:35:27.52\00:35:31.16
The road may take you on a path
00:35:31.19\00:35:34.60
That changes all your plans
00:35:34.63\00:35:37.97
But that's when
God takes over and says
00:35:38.00\00:35:42.04
Leave it in my hands
00:35:42.07\00:35:45.67
I know the plans I have for you
00:35:45.71\00:35:52.61
And they are
plans to prosper you
00:35:52.65\00:36:00.02
To give you hope and a future
00:36:00.06\00:36:04.33
Lead you on life's journey
00:36:04.36\00:36:07.86
Call on me and I
will see you through
00:36:07.90\00:36:13.80
I know the plans I have for you
00:36:13.84\00:36:20.71
And though your
dreams may have died
00:36:20.74\00:36:24.88
You're hurting inside
00:36:24.91\00:36:28.82
God has something better for you
00:36:28.85\00:36:34.39
He knows the
plans He has for you
00:36:34.42\00:36:41.90
And they are
plans to prosper you
00:36:41.93\00:36:48.67
To give you hope and a future
00:36:48.70\00:36:53.17
Lead you on life's journey
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.88
Call on Him and He
will see you through
00:36:56.91\00:37:02.38
God knows the
plans He has for you
00:37:02.42\00:37:09.66
Aren't you glad that
God has plans for you?
00:37:17.37\00:37:20.44
That His plans
for us is to prosper,
00:37:20.47\00:37:23.27
to do well and to make
it to the kingdom of heaven.
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.71
Thank you, Melody.
00:37:31.21\00:37:32.75
Next, I'd like to
introduce Sister Shelley Quinn.
00:37:32.78\00:37:36.18
She taught Sabbath
school here for this morning,
00:37:36.22\00:37:38.32
Shelly's been a great
addition, she and her husband JD
00:37:38.35\00:37:41.12
to Three Angels
Broadcasting Network.
00:37:41.16\00:37:43.46
She is a woman of the word,
00:37:43.49\00:37:45.39
studies the word and she's,
God has given her great gift
00:37:45.43\00:37:47.96
for teaching and for sharing.
00:37:48.00\00:37:49.56
And we've asked her to
spend the next few minutes
00:37:49.60\00:37:51.83
sharing whatever's
on her heart with you.
00:37:51.87\00:37:53.67
When Danny told me last night
00:37:57.51\00:37:59.74
that I had 20 minutes
to speak this afternoon,
00:37:59.77\00:38:02.04
I prayed and I asked the Lord,
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.78
what would You have
me share this afternoon.
00:38:03.81\00:38:06.31
And immediately I was
impressed with the idea
00:38:06.35\00:38:10.99
that I should speak on
the assurance of salvation.
00:38:11.02\00:38:15.16
Now, in just a few minutes
00:38:15.19\00:38:16.59
it's difficult
to talk about that.
00:38:16.62\00:38:18.66
So again I prayed
00:38:18.69\00:38:20.33
and I continued
to pray and said,
00:38:20.36\00:38:21.83
Lord, are you sure that's
what you'd have me to speak on?
00:38:21.86\00:38:24.90
But you know something,
this morning it was so,
00:38:24.93\00:38:28.14
isn't it
wonderful how God works?
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.37
He sent me not
one but three people
00:38:30.41\00:38:33.51
who were saying, I'm
not sure that I'm ready,
00:38:33.54\00:38:37.61
I'm not sure that I'm saved.
00:38:37.65\00:38:40.12
And I thought, okay,
Lord, that's confirmation
00:38:40.15\00:38:42.82
that this is what You
want me to talk about.
00:38:42.85\00:38:45.42
If you have your Bibles,
00:38:45.45\00:38:46.79
please open to
Ephesians 2 and verses,
00:38:46.82\00:38:51.93
we're going to start
with verse 5, Ephesians 2:5.
00:38:51.96\00:38:55.96
Actually I want to
start with verse 8.
00:39:03.91\00:39:07.14
Ephesians 2:8, the Bible says,
00:39:07.18\00:39:10.88
"For it is by grace
that you have been saved
00:39:10.91\00:39:14.88
and that not of yourself.
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.55
This salvation
came as a gift from God,
00:39:17.59\00:39:23.29
not because of the
works that you've done,
00:39:23.32\00:39:25.93
lest any man should boast
00:39:25.96\00:39:28.40
for we are God's own handiwork.
00:39:28.43\00:39:32.33
We are his workmanship,
00:39:32.37\00:39:34.64
recreated in Christ Jesus
00:39:34.67\00:39:37.71
that we may do those good works
00:39:37.74\00:39:40.18
which God predestined for us
00:39:40.21\00:39:44.01
before hand that we
should walk in them."
00:39:44.05\00:39:47.68
Now, let me ask you something.
00:39:47.72\00:39:50.12
Are we saved by grace?
00:39:50.15\00:39:52.75
Yes, through faith.
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What happens if we don't have
00:39:56.46\00:40:00.03
faith to believe
that we are saved?
00:40:00.06\00:40:05.53
If we are saved by
grace through faith,
00:40:05.57\00:40:08.24
it takes those two things,
00:40:08.27\00:40:09.80
what happens
00:40:09.84\00:40:11.17
when we don't have the faith
to believe that we are saved?
00:40:11.21\00:40:16.64
What does the Bible
say in Hebrews 11:6?
00:40:16.68\00:40:21.05
"Without faith it is
impossible to please God."
00:40:21.08\00:40:28.69
I remember one day
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.06
when I was
looking at that scripture
00:40:30.09\00:40:32.43
and I went before
the Lord and I said,
00:40:32.46\00:40:34.73
Lord, you walked this earth,
00:40:34.76\00:40:37.73
You know what
it's like down here.
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.94
You know how
confusing it is for us,
00:40:40.97\00:40:43.34
You have been tempted
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.71
with everything
that we've been tempted.
00:40:44.74\00:40:46.94
How can You say without faith
00:40:46.98\00:40:48.78
it's impossible to please You.
00:40:48.81\00:40:51.81
Because walking by faith
and not by sight is difficult,
00:40:51.85\00:40:55.75
is it not?
00:40:55.78\00:40:57.69
It certainly is for me at times.
00:40:57.72\00:41:00.46
And so I was
earnestly asking God,
00:41:00.49\00:41:03.39
show me why, Father,
help me to understand
00:41:03.43\00:41:06.90
why can't I
please You without faith.
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.56
Is that the way
you study your Bible?
00:41:09.60\00:41:12.07
I want to encourage you,
00:41:12.10\00:41:13.57
when you don't
understand something,
00:41:13.60\00:41:14.94
go before the Lord and ask Him.
00:41:14.97\00:41:17.14
And say, why, Lord? He
is eager to teacher us.
00:41:17.17\00:41:22.21
And immediately He
took me to 1 John 5:10,
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and I would like you to open
your Bible there, 1 John 5:10.
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This is the answer
00:41:36.12\00:41:38.39
why we cannot
please God without faith.
00:41:38.43\00:41:45.07
I've got a new Bible
00:41:45.10\00:41:46.43
and my pages are
sticking together.
00:41:46.47\00:41:49.60
1 John 5:10 begins like this,
00:41:49.64\00:41:52.07
and I'm reading
from the amplified,
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.74
"He who believes
in the Son of God,"
00:41:54.78\00:41:58.05
he who trusts in
Him, he who relies on Him,
00:41:58.08\00:42:02.05
he who adheres to His teachings.
00:42:02.08\00:42:04.95
"He who believes
in the Son of God
00:42:04.99\00:42:06.96
has the
testimony within himself,
00:42:06.99\00:42:12.59
he who does not believe God
00:42:12.63\00:42:14.93
in this way has made
him out to be," a what?
00:42:14.96\00:42:21.20
A liar.
00:42:21.24\00:42:22.57
"A liar."
00:42:22.60\00:42:25.17
When you won't
accept God's testimony,
00:42:25.21\00:42:30.88
it is like a slap in
the face to our creator,
00:42:30.91\00:42:34.98
to our Father God.
00:42:35.02\00:42:36.72
We are saying to
him, you're a liar.
00:42:36.75\00:42:42.19
Can God lie? No, He cannot lie.
00:42:42.22\00:42:46.86
So we got to
accept His testimony.
00:42:46.90\00:42:49.70
And let's see,
let's read on in here
00:42:49.73\00:42:52.20
what the
testimony about His son is.
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"This is the testimony,
God gave us eternal life
00:42:54.90\00:43:00.84
and this life is in whom?
00:43:00.88\00:43:04.31
"In his son.
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And he who
possesses the Son has life.
00:43:06.25\00:43:10.89
He who does not possess
the Son does not have life."
00:43:10.92\00:43:15.69
Do you possess the Son of God?
00:43:15.72\00:43:20.10
Have you been born again?
00:43:20.13\00:43:22.83
If you have been,
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.60
now I want to clarify one thing,
00:43:24.63\00:43:26.60
I'm not talking about
assurance of salvation
00:43:26.63\00:43:30.57
being once saved, always saved.
00:43:30.61\00:43:34.21
We can backslide to the
point that we apostatize
00:43:34.24\00:43:38.18
and turn away from God.
00:43:38.21\00:43:40.48
But God intends for you
00:43:40.52\00:43:43.32
to have assurance
of your salvation.
00:43:43.35\00:43:46.39
I was teaching once and
a little lady came up to me
00:43:46.42\00:43:48.66
and she said, Sister White says
00:43:48.69\00:43:50.86
that we cannot
say that we are saved.
00:43:50.89\00:43:54.83
She had taken that
out of a compilation works
00:43:54.86\00:43:57.63
of Sister White.
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.20
And it did more or less read
that way in this compilation.
00:43:59.23\00:44:03.54
But in context in her writings
00:44:03.57\00:44:06.71
she said that we cannot say
00:44:06.74\00:44:09.58
we are saved in
the essence of being
00:44:09.61\00:44:12.25
once saved, always saved.
00:44:12.28\00:44:14.75
But what she did
say is that we can have
00:44:14.78\00:44:17.65
assurance of our salvation.
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.92
And that's what I
want you to have today.
00:44:19.95\00:44:23.79
You know the Bible says
00:44:23.83\00:44:26.19
in John 3:3-5,
Jesus told Nicodemus,
00:44:26.23\00:44:31.00
"Unless you be born again
00:44:31.03\00:44:32.60
you cannot see
the kingdom of God.
00:44:32.63\00:44:35.60
Unless you be born
of water and the spirit,
00:44:35.64\00:44:40.18
you cannot enter
the Kingdom of God."
00:44:40.21\00:44:43.45
I believe it's two
stages, we first see the truth
00:44:43.48\00:44:47.55
and then we
enter into this truth.
00:44:47.58\00:44:50.25
But when you are born
again of the Spirit of God,
00:44:50.29\00:44:55.12
you possess the Son.
00:44:55.16\00:44:57.33
And the Bible says in 1
Peter, let's turn there.
00:44:57.36\00:45:00.26
In 1 Peter 1:23.
00:45:00.30\00:45:03.03
How are we born again?
First, by the Spirit of God.
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I won't say first.
00:45:07.44\00:45:08.90
Let's just say
00:45:08.94\00:45:10.27
there's two components,
by the Spirit of God.
00:45:10.31\00:45:13.38
And in 1 Peter
1:23, the Bible says,
00:45:13.41\00:45:17.85
"You have been born
again not from a mortal origin,
00:45:17.88\00:45:23.82
but from one that is immortal
00:45:23.85\00:45:25.95
by the ever living
and lasting Word of God."
00:45:25.99\00:45:31.13
We are born again by the word.
00:45:31.16\00:45:33.90
"Faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word,"
00:45:33.93\00:45:39.50
Romans 10:17.
00:45:39.53\00:45:40.90
So we are born again by
the word and by the Spirit
00:45:40.94\00:45:44.11
and when we are born
again, we possess the son.
00:45:44.14\00:45:49.81
And what did we just
read in 1 John 5:10-15,
00:45:49.84\00:45:55.88
that we, when we
possess the Son of God,
00:45:55.92\00:45:58.89
we have immortal life.
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.09
In James 1:18, let's
look there very quickly
00:46:01.12\00:46:04.33
because this
combines both of these.
00:46:04.36\00:46:07.06
In James 1:18,
this is, we got to have
00:46:07.10\00:46:13.37
our spiritual Nike
shoes on because we're going
00:46:13.40\00:46:15.74
to just kind of run
through these quickly.
00:46:15.77\00:46:18.57
But it is so important
00:46:18.61\00:46:21.71
because I meet so
many precious souls
00:46:21.74\00:46:24.81
who are tormented,
00:46:24.85\00:46:26.72
who do not know that they
have assurance of salvation.
00:46:26.75\00:46:30.42
And if you don't
believe you can have
00:46:30.45\00:46:32.15
assurance of salvation,
it's like you're saying,
00:46:32.19\00:46:34.56
I don't have faith
to believe you, Father.
00:46:34.59\00:46:37.13
James 1:18 to begin with,
00:46:37.16\00:46:42.56
"It was of His
God's own free will
00:46:42.60\00:46:46.20
that He gave us birth
as his children by," what?
00:46:46.23\00:46:52.04
"By His word of truth."
00:46:52.07\00:46:54.68
Born again of immortal
seed, seed that cannot perish,
00:46:54.71\00:46:59.41
imperishable seed.
00:46:59.45\00:47:01.78
"So that we should
00:47:01.82\00:47:03.15
be a kind of first
fruits of His creatures."
00:47:03.18\00:47:08.52
God has given us
birth by his immortal.
00:47:08.56\00:47:13.93
word of truth.
00:47:13.96\00:47:15.30
And then turn
over and let's look
00:47:15.33\00:47:16.67
at verses 21 and 22 in this,
00:47:16.70\00:47:20.27
because we will see
00:47:20.30\00:47:24.57
the spirit comes
into play as well.
00:47:24.61\00:47:26.91
He says, "But be
doers of the Word
00:47:31.35\00:47:33.75
and not merely listeners
to it, betraying yourselves.
00:47:33.78\00:47:39.25
For if anyone only listens
to the Word without obeying it
00:47:39.29\00:47:42.52
and being a doer of
it, he is like a man
00:47:42.56\00:47:45.26
who looks carefully
00:47:45.29\00:47:46.76
in the natural
face in a mirror."
00:47:46.80\00:47:49.03
But then it's like
he's observing himself,
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.83
observing who he is in Christ.
00:47:51.87\00:47:55.17
But then he walks away and
forgets what he looks like.
00:47:55.20\00:47:59.77
We play a part
in this, do we not?
00:47:59.81\00:48:03.21
We definitely do play a part.
00:48:03.24\00:48:06.21
But salvation,
there is nothing that you
00:48:06.25\00:48:09.62
and I can do to save ourselves.
00:48:09.65\00:48:12.95
Amen?
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.66
Nothing.
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.29
And that thrills me to know
that salvation is God's work.
00:48:16.32\00:48:21.46
It is all up to God.
00:48:21.50\00:48:23.83
But he tells us in
Ephesians, excuse me,
00:48:23.87\00:48:26.63
in 1 Corinthians
1:30, the Bible says,
00:48:26.67\00:48:29.74
it is because of God
that we have been positioned
00:48:29.77\00:48:34.41
in Christ Jesus who has become
for us our wisdom from God,
00:48:34.44\00:48:40.68
our righteousness from God,
00:48:40.72\00:48:43.28
our sanctification
and our redemption.
00:48:43.32\00:48:46.82
When you are born again
00:48:46.86\00:48:48.19
you are placed in
the body of Christ,
00:48:48.22\00:48:51.49
you're positioned
spiritually in Christ Jesus.
00:48:51.53\00:48:55.03
And unless you
divorce yourself from God,
00:48:55.06\00:48:57.87
you have assurance of salvation.
00:48:57.90\00:49:00.70
Absolutely, totally.
00:49:00.74\00:49:02.47
Let's look at Ephesians again,
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.41
and I want to go Ephesians 4:30.
00:49:04.44\00:49:07.31
I've got so many scriptures
running around in my mind.
00:49:07.34\00:49:10.18
I wrote down a few
but I'm just thinking,
00:49:10.21\00:49:13.11
oh, Lord, give us
assurance of the salvation.
00:49:13.15\00:49:17.25
And in Ephesians
4:30, the Bible says this.
00:49:17.29\00:49:20.49
Looking at the
wrong chapter, that's why.
00:49:26.39\00:49:28.73
He says, "Do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God
00:49:28.76\00:49:33.50
by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption."
00:49:33.54\00:49:39.37
God has branded
you, if you will.
00:49:39.41\00:49:42.58
He has put a deposit
down on you in earnest,
00:49:42.61\00:49:45.88
saying, this is my
property, you belong to me,
00:49:45.91\00:49:50.32
this is my child, you are mine.
00:49:50.35\00:49:53.82
But we can count on God
to complete the good work
00:49:53.86\00:49:57.89
that He began in us if we
will merely cooperate with Him.
00:49:57.93\00:50:02.63
Philippians 1:6,
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.87
Paul says that
we can be confident
00:50:04.90\00:50:08.24
that He who
began a good work in us
00:50:08.27\00:50:12.77
will complete
it, until that day.
00:50:12.81\00:50:16.44
And he says in Philippians 2:13.
00:50:16.48\00:50:19.11
Let's turn there
00:50:19.15\00:50:20.48
because I'd like
to read that to you.
00:50:20.52\00:50:22.05
And I'd like to read it
to you from the Amplified.
00:50:22.08\00:50:24.69
In Philippians 2:12-13.
00:50:24.72\00:50:30.16
Philippians 2 says,
00:50:33.73\00:50:36.56
I am going to begin with kind,
00:50:36.60\00:50:37.93
I am not going to read
the whole thing to you.
00:50:37.97\00:50:40.00
Listen from the Amplified,
00:50:40.04\00:50:41.64
this may help
your understanding.
00:50:41.67\00:50:45.74
"Therefore, my dear ones,
00:50:45.77\00:50:47.54
as you have always
obeyed my suggestions so now,
00:50:47.58\00:50:50.58
not only with the enthusiasm
you would show in my presence
00:50:50.61\00:50:54.58
but much more
because I am absent,
00:50:54.62\00:50:57.39
work out your own salvation."
00:50:57.42\00:51:00.89
And the Amplify
says, the work out,
00:51:00.92\00:51:04.26
is explaining what
the Greek is saying there,
00:51:04.29\00:51:06.70
"Cultivate it,
carried out to the goal,
00:51:06.73\00:51:09.76
fully complete
your own salvation
00:51:09.80\00:51:12.87
with reverence
00:51:12.90\00:51:14.44
and awe and
trembling, with self-distrust,
00:51:14.47\00:51:18.64
with serious caution,
with tenderness of conscience,
00:51:18.67\00:51:23.48
watchfulness against temptation,
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.31
timidly shrinking from
whatever might offend God
00:51:26.35\00:51:30.69
and discredit
the name of Christ.
00:51:30.72\00:51:33.92
And I used to read this
verse and I would tremble.
00:51:33.96\00:51:37.56
And I would
think, oh, Lord, help me,
00:51:37.59\00:51:40.30
help me to work
out my own salvation.
00:51:40.33\00:51:42.16
Oh, Lord.
00:51:42.20\00:51:43.93
I tried so hard to
work out my own salvation.
00:51:43.97\00:51:48.34
But then finally one
day the Lord said this,
00:51:48.37\00:51:51.97
read the next verse,
go on with it my child.
00:51:52.01\00:51:56.14
And you know what he
says in the next verse,
00:51:56.18\00:51:58.11
"But not in your own
strength for it is God
00:51:58.15\00:52:01.38
who is working in you to will
00:52:01.42\00:52:04.92
and to do according
to His good pleasure."
00:52:04.95\00:52:09.49
Those are two different steps
00:52:09.52\00:52:11.46
God first works in us to line
00:52:11.49\00:52:14.00
our will in
agreement with His will.
00:52:14.03\00:52:17.97
And then once He's got
us where we're desiring
00:52:18.00\00:52:21.34
what He desires,
there is another,
00:52:21.37\00:52:25.11
He will, He promise us
00:52:25.14\00:52:26.47
He's going to work in us to do.
00:52:26.51\00:52:28.04
But will God
force us to do anything?
00:52:28.08\00:52:30.68
No.
00:52:30.71\00:52:32.05
So what do you
think there exists between
00:52:32.08\00:52:34.22
God working in us to will
and God working in us to do.
00:52:34.25\00:52:39.99
One simple step of faith.
00:52:40.02\00:52:43.26
When God lines your
will up with His will,
00:52:43.29\00:52:46.19
He says take that step of faith.
00:52:46.23\00:52:48.80
And as soon as you
step out in face saying,
00:52:48.83\00:52:51.27
yes, Lord, I want to do
what you have asked of me,
00:52:51.30\00:52:55.20
then the power of God shows
up and He works in you to do
00:52:55.24\00:53:00.68
according to His good pleasure.
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.61
Hallelujah.
00:53:02.64\00:53:04.91
Isn't that exciting to know
00:53:04.95\00:53:06.55
that we are 100
percent dependent upon God,
00:53:06.58\00:53:10.55
just as Jesus.
00:53:10.59\00:53:11.92
We spoke of this in
Sabbath school this morning.
00:53:11.95\00:53:14.26
When He emptied
Himself of all of His glory
00:53:14.29\00:53:18.43
that He had with the
Father before the world began,
00:53:18.46\00:53:21.73
when He emptied
Himself and came down to earth,
00:53:21.76\00:53:25.03
He put himself in
the very same position
00:53:25.07\00:53:27.30
that you and I
would have to be in,
00:53:27.34\00:53:29.07
where He was totally
dependent upon the Word of God,
00:53:29.10\00:53:32.34
upon the Holy Spirit's power
00:53:32.37\00:53:34.24
and upon
communing with the Father.
00:53:34.28\00:53:36.31
And He showed us
that it could be done.
00:53:36.34\00:53:38.85
So we want to know
00:53:38.88\00:53:40.52
that we can have
assurance of our salvation.
00:53:40.55\00:53:44.22
Turn to Hebrews 12, Hebrews 12.
00:53:44.25\00:53:49.69
Hebrews 12.
00:54:00.34\00:54:03.64
Actually, I
wanted to go to verse--
00:54:03.67\00:54:05.34
to Chapter 13.
00:54:05.37\00:54:08.01
The Bible says in Hebrews 13,
00:54:08.04\00:54:10.98
we're going to
begin with verse 20.
00:54:11.01\00:54:15.12
"Now may the God of peace,"
00:54:15.15\00:54:18.82
Jehovah Shalom,
00:54:18.85\00:54:22.52
"May he, who brought again
00:54:22.56\00:54:24.86
from among the
dead our Lord Jesus,
00:54:24.89\00:54:27.80
that great
Shepherd of the sheep,
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.20
by the blood of the
everlasting covenant,
00:54:30.23\00:54:34.10
may he
strengthen you and make you
00:54:34.14\00:54:37.27
what you ought to be,
00:54:37.31\00:54:39.11
Make He equip you
with everything good thing
00:54:39.14\00:54:42.38
that you may carry out His will,
00:54:42.41\00:54:45.21
while He Himself works in you
00:54:45.25\00:54:48.52
and accomplishes
00:54:48.55\00:54:49.88
that which is
pleasing in His sight,
00:54:49.92\00:54:53.46
through Christ Jesus."
00:54:53.49\00:54:56.76
You and I are in the same boat.
00:54:56.79\00:55:00.80
For us to be saved, we
have to accept the gift.
00:55:00.83\00:55:05.87
And once we've
accepted the gift through faith,
00:55:05.90\00:55:09.27
the Bible tells us
in 2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:55:09.30\00:55:12.87
that we have been born
again, we are new creations.
00:55:12.91\00:55:16.58
The old is gone
and the new has come.
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The problem is we
spend so much time
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looking back into
the past, don't wait.
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And we find out that
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some of that
stuff is following us
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and we think all
the old hasn't gone.
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Has the new really come?
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Then, Lord,
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why am I still
doing these things?
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Because, Romans 4:17,
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the Bible says
that God calls things
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that are not as
though they already were.
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The day that you said,
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I will receive You,
Lord Jesus as my Savior."
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If you were born
again of His Word
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and His Spirit then
this is the testimony
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of God that you
have eternal life.
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Will you receive it? By faith.
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Will you accept it?
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And know that Romans 5:17 says
that those who have received
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an abundance of grace
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and the gift of righteousness
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will rule and reign in
life through Christ Jesus.
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Yes, we can
turn our back on God.
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Most of us though
are not turning our back.
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You know what we're doing?
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Most Christians today,
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I find are walking
in the right direction,
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it's just they're
turning their head all the time.
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One day the Lord
clearly impressed
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this thought upon my mind.
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He said, turned to
me full face, my child.
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You're going in
the right direction
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but get your
eyes on Jesus Christ,
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the author and
finisher of your faith,
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quit looking
behind and look forward.
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I want to encourage you today,
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you can have
assurance of your salvation
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as long as you are surrendering
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control of your life to Christ.
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And I want to tell someone
out there who is watching,
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who has not made that move yet
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because they think
that they are so unworthy
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that God could not love them.
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I want to tell
you that you are worth
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nothing less than the price
that Jesus Christ paid for you
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while you were still a sinner.
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He paid with His own blood,
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that's how much you're worth.
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So everyone in here
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who is the redeemer to the Lord,
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the Lord, Psalm 107:2 says,
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let the redeem
of the Lord say so.
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And I want you
to repeat after me,
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I am the redeem of the Lord.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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You've got
assurance of your salvation
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